amalgam

UK /əˈmæl.ɡəm/ US /əˈmæl.ɡəm/
noun 4verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

An alloy containing mercury.

2

A combination of different things.

[…] nor must we overlook, in quite recent times, the ingenious "Dukedog", a little 4-4-0 (officially 90XX class) whose Victorian lineaments arise from an economical amalgam of obsolete "Duke" and "Bulldog" components.

This was the Ambergate, Nottingham & Boston & Eastern Junction Railway, an amalgam of a number of separate schemes put forward in 1845, which secured its Act on July 16, 1846.

3

One of the ingredients in an alloy.

4

An alloy of mercury used to fill tooth cavities.

verb

1

To amalgamate (something) with a thing.

gold t’amalgam with some six of mercury

[…] I had once occaſion to diſtil in a ſmall Retort ſome Gold amalgamed vvith ſuch a fine and ſubtile Mercury, that being (vvithout the addition of any Salt) put to the Gold in the cold, they preſently grevv hot together.

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